Carlsbad, California

Carlsbad population, 2020 to 2024

Carlsbad lost 1,355 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -345. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 225th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Carlsbad is 3.1 times that size.

Carlsbad covers 37.81 square miles of land and 1.30 of water, for 3,004 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Carlsbad is less dense than the typical town.

What county Carlsbad is in

All of Carlsbad's residents live in San Diego County, which had 3,298,799 residents in 2024. Carlsbad holds 3.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Carlsbad

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Carlsbad by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92008, 92009, 92010, 92011. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Carlsbad is

The Census internal point of Carlsbad is at 33.129300, -117.284200. Sacramento, the capital, is 444.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oceanside, CA (170,941 people), 6.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 97 m (318 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Carlsbad

At 33.13° N, Carlsbad gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Carlsbad daylight page.

Places near Carlsbad

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Vista, 4.9 miles away, with 99,322 people.